A budget-reconciliation bill ends a 76-day DHS shutdown and entrenches the deportation machine to term's end
Migration & Labour
Corridors, remittances, shortages and demography.
state of play
A US 1% remittance tax took effect on 1 January, levied on cash transfers abroad while bank- and card-funded ones are exempt. Mexico, the largest corridor, faces the steepest absolute losses; India and Central America are also exposed. Early effects are muted as migrants shift to exempt channels, but critics call it regressive toward cash-reliant households. Watch corridor volumes and any move to widen the levy.
tracking
Migration corridors
Remittances
Labour shortages
latest
1,000+ arrests, a blocked move to federalize Illinois troops, and a fourth 'No Kings' day of protest
A levy on cash transfers abroad hits Mexico and Central America hardest while migrants reroute to exempt digital channels
Operation Dudula's ultimatum and a fatal Mossel Bay attack force the president to address the nation; he calls xenophobia unacceptable, then unveils tougher migration enforcement that critics call recycled
The ₹99,446-crore PM-VBRY pays first-time formal workers up to ₹15,000 and subsidises employers; a ₹2,400-crore first tranche reaches 15 lakh, but start-ups and micro-firms barely know it exists